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Like any other guy, I love gadgets and electronics. On Sunday mornings, I look forward to the Sunday paper not for the cartoons but for the Best Buy and Circuit City Ads. Looking for the deals. Unfortunately, I get mad when I see how much flat panels have gotten so much better and cost less than when I bought mine last year. With technology advancing at a fast rate, the consuming public can’t keep up with all the new stuff out there. Prices of Flat Panels are going down every month, no sense getting attached to them. Especially when you mounted it and ran wires behind the wall. Taking them out will be a bigger chore and patching up the wall is another project on your list.

With the current homebuyers market, buyers are getting SUPER DEALS on homes. After slashing the sales price, buyers are ending with extras like stainless steel kitchen appliances, front load washer and dryers, 52” TVS, and more. Basically, buyers are getting another $5,000 to $10,000 in incentives. NOW that is a buyers market!

TIP: Sellers, if you can’t lower the price anymore look around the house that you can include with it. Discuss negotiation tactics with your listing agent to get the contract. The cool part is when you sell the house and the old TV; you get the newer model to console you later.

Buyers, you are upgrading on the house might as well check out what appliances or window treatments can stay. (Curtains are not as exciting as a flat panel TV but the neighbors don’t want to see you in your boxers watching TV either.) Only ask for items that are replaceable and with no personal sentiment. Don’t ask for the family dog or a gun case unless you want to be test driving the inside of the freezer you also asked for.